Project-Based Learning in the Math Classroom - Grades K-2

Project-Based Learning in the Math Classroom (Grades K-2) explains how to keep inquiry at the heart of mathematics teaching. This book:

• Outlines basic teaching strategies, such as questioning and exploration of concepts.
• Provides advanced strategies for teachers who are already implementing inquiry-based methods.
• Includes practical advice about strategies the authors have used in their own classrooms.
• Features strategies that can be implemented immediately.
• Helps teachers build students' abilities to be true mathematicians.

Teaching in a project-based environment means using great teaching practices. The authors impart strategies that assist teachers in planning standards-based lessons, encouraging wonder and curiosity, providing a safe environment where failure occurs, and giving students opportunities for revision and reflection.